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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What are healthy sources of fats?






2. What function is vitamin A?






3. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






4. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






5. What is normal albumin levels?






6. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






7. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






8. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






9. What function is vitamin D?






10. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






11. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






12. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






13. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






14. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






15. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






16. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






17. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






18. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






19. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






20. Sources of fats






21. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






23. What does DASH stand for?






24. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






25. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






26. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






27. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






28. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






29. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






30. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






31. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






32. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






33. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






34. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






35. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






36. The higher the BMR a client has --






37. Where can you get more vitamin D?






38. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






39. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






40. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






41. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






42. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






43. How many calories/gram is protein?






44. When does BMR decrease?






45. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






46. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






47. What is the function of vitamin C?






48. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






49. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






50. What foods have high quality protein?